"So... you're saying that the demon stone found in Master Carlos's body didn't work as a nucleus?
"I guess that is. If so, it shouldn't be strange to move like an immortal when Master Carlos dies. But it didn't."
"Oh, my God, so you're saying that after all, the ones with nuclei in their bodies were wrong"
"I don't know that yet. Maybe there's a core demonic stone in your body when you're about the head of a bigger aristocratic family. You wouldn't know that unless you actually looked into it, would you?
"No, then it seems like that's what the grand aristocracy tells us for generations. But if that's the case, it doesn't make much sense to experiment with human beings that they've implanted demon stones in their bodies."
"... but you can't even say that, my comrade. There was a slight change in the implanted stone."
"Change?"
"Actually, I took the demon stone out of my body afterwards and checked it, and it was changing color. It's darker blue than it was at the time of implantation."
"Was that the Demon Stone absorbing magic? Oh, you really are such a lame experiment. I'm guessing the subject's consent is an experiment, right?
"Of course I am."
"Then does the subject know about the experiment? That he had a demonic stone embedded in his body."
"No, the explanation only tells me I'm going to have an incision to examine my abdomen and re-incision it after a certain period of time. You must not have realized that the Demon Stone was in your body. Probably the most uncomfortable."
I guess I can't say I've already given my consent to that.
It's pretty malicious just for what you're laying low on information with complete intent.
but let's be sure to include that in the meme later on.
Because the facts found in this experiment were more important than that.
Meme says that those who were to live with demon stones embedded in their bodies, without exception, had darker demon stone colors.
That means the Demon Stone absorbed the magic.
Well, that's not so strange in itself.
Because Barca usually uses magic replenishment on demon stones with reduced magic residue due to [magic infusion].
I just thought that, even if the demonic stones captured in my body didn't have to be used for spells or anything like that, or if I ever naturally absorbed the person's magic powers.
But the meme seemed different.
Because besides the color of the Demon Stone, the meme focused on where the subject saw a change.
That meant that the amount of magic leaking out of the body seemed reduced.
Many people live by constantly creating magic in their bodies and making them leak out of their bodies like hot air.
This is the same for ordinary people and knights alike.
Unless you take a way to block magic from leaking out of your body, such as a spell I made called [meditation], you're in a state of unconscious drooling.
but the subjects in this experiment said the amount of magic that leaks has decreased.
In other words, before the magic created in the body leaked out of the body, it was absorbed by the demon stone.
That's how Meme hypothesized it.
"That could happen. But what do you care so much?
"Of course, my comrade. Do you have any idea how much this is? Then let's dare ask such comrades. Why don't you define your personal realm?
"Yes? Realm? What are you talking about, Meme? What's wrong with the Devil's Stone story?"
"Just answer me. How far do you recognize your body?
"What does my body mean from where to where? Well, it's all part of my body, from the top of my head to the tip of my leg, from a single hair to a drop of blood."
"So what if a demon stone was embedded in that body? Is that part of your body? Or can you say that the magic you're storing in that demonic stone belongs to you?
"... come on, is that what you're talking about when the magic in the demon stone in your body is perceived as the total amount of magic in that person? In other words, it will only increase the total amount for the amount accumulated in the Demon Stone..."
"That's right, comrades are quick to understand. That's what I was thinking."
"Seriously. So what happens when you use it on the knights, not the average person? [Wall Architecture] can't use [Atmos Wall] even if you can. If you bury the demon stone in the one with the amount of magic, and you save the magic in that body demon stone, will [Atmos Wall] be available?
"Hehe, I don't know. It would have been an interesting study for my comrade, wouldn't it?
"No, it's really a study that bothers me. If that's the case, it's hard. Prohibit the sale of demon stones and keep this information secret."
"... oh, I see. Sure, the demon stones were handled in bulk and sold to the Reinzatz family as well. But I think it's gonna be okay."
"What do you mean you're okay? If the Rheinzatz find out about this, they'll definitely imitate it. The aristocracy of the greatest forces will stand out. Even though it's a big defense problem."
"I'm not worried about that. This experiment was both a success and a failure."
"Failure? What do you mean?
"The Demon Stone didn't settle. It's weird. If I had left it without a re-incision after surgery, at some point I would have tried to dissolve more and smaller in my body and eventually disappeared. As a result, the total amount of increased magic will be restored when the Demon Stone is gone."
"Huh? What the hell is that? That's a lot of results. Doesn't make sense after all."
"What are you talking about? Failure is the mother of success. This experiment ultimately brought valuable information to me. It just means something."
"But if it's going to disappear eventually, it's going to mean information that can't be used very effectively. Damn, I'm a little excited, but I feel like I lost it."
"I'm not rushing to a conclusion. Did you forget? The experiment did disappear after a certain period of time when the demonic stone I put in my body. But there are still magic stones left behind."
"... well. There were demonic stones left in Master Carlos's body. No, but isn't that like an embedded demon stone? Rather than that, was that really a demon stone in the first place?
"Mm-hmm. That's still where you should pay attention. From what I have ascertained, it is certainly a demonic stone that has encapsulated magic. but I can't tell if this is the same demonic stone that Barca's knight creates. And that's why I wanted comrades to see this. The magic stone of Lord Carlos."
That's how the meme took out the box.
When I open the lid of the box, the interior is packed with a cloth that looks soft.
And when I carefully pulled that cloth off, it came out of the inside.
It is a blue stone that is rounded and slightly Shizuku-shaped.
Was this thing in Carlos' body?
Observe even more closely with that in mind.
Its Shizuku-shaped blue stone is truly enclosed with magic.
That's quite a lot, too.
However, I was a little concerned about the amount of magic that was being enclosed.
I felt too much magic for a stone the size of a thumb.
The only other demonic stones I've seen are immortal bone dragons.
And I succeeded in creating the Demon Stone by [preserving memory] the Demon Stone of the Immortal Bone Dragon.
but the demonic stones made there had a cap on the amount of magic power depending on the size.
If you want greater magic, you need to increase the size of the demon stone.
By the way, if you made it with a spell called [Demon Stone Generation] that Barca's Knight can use, you can have crystals big enough to wrap them in your palm, but they're all the same size.
The only way to make a big demon stone is for me to create it using magic manipulation without using spells.
but my demon stone contains a quantity of magic in Shizukuishi demon stone that I can't really get into at the size of this thumb.
Thinking about it like that is still likely to be something slightly different.
I spoke against the meme and then reached for the Shizukusha Demon Stone.
That's how I crush it.
[Storage] and.
Thus, I succeeded in accurately remembering in my brain the Shizuku-shaped demon stone that existed in Carlos' body.
... What shall I do?
I was angry with Meme, but I'm very concerned.
If I bury this Shizuku-shaped demon stone in my body, will it be lost in the same way, or will it remain?
It bothered me a little, but the conclusion may have been made from the beginning.
Let's do it.
If something goes wrong, that's when it happens.
Meme did it on his own, but let's get away with it.
Thus, I became involved in Meme's human experiment as an accomplice in the name of collaborative work.